Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676

Prospero's America : John Winthrop, Jr., alchemy, and the creation of New England culture, 1606-1676

Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

viii, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

540.1 W899 2010

(OCoLC)435728500

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: John Winthrop, Jr., and the European alchemical movement of the early seventeenth century -- The republic of alchemy and the pansophic moment -- Founding a new London -- Which man's land? Conflict and competition in pequot country -- Alchemical vision refined -- "God's secret": John Winthrop, Jr., alchemical healing, and the medical culture of early New England -- The magus as mediator: witchcraft, alchemy, and authority in the Connecticut witch-hunt of the 1660s -- "Matters of present utility:" John Winthrop, Jr., the Royal Society, and the politics of intelligence in restoration New England.
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